Measuring-faucet.



PATENTED MAR. 17, 1903.

' w. GOEBBL. MEASURING PAUGET.

APPLICATION FILED DEO 5 1902 N0 MODEL.

A TTOHNE Y UNITED STATES.

ATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM GOEBEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MEASU-RlNG-FAUCET.

-SPEOIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 722,972, dated March17, 1903.

Application filed December 5. 1902. Serial No. 134.021. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GOEBEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in lVIeasuring-Faucets, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Myinvention has relation to improvements in measuring-faucets; and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts more fullyset forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tank, showing myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is avertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a vertical middlesection on line t 4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3,showing, however, the intake of the faucet depressed or swung to itslowest position. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of the faucet and itscasing, showing the device closed bo h to the influx of the liquidthereto-and efflux there- I from. Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line 770f Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a sect-ion through the intake on line 8 8 of Fig.6, and Fig. 9 is a sectional detail showing the filling position of thefaucet.

The present invention is an improvement on the faucet shown anddescribed in United States Letters Patent issued to me under date ofMarch 25, 1902, numbered 696,327, and while, like it, the present faucetis capable of measuring specific quantities of the liquid'it possessesthe advantage of being capable of delivering any desirable amount from afew drops to the full capacity of the-dispensing vessel.

In detail the invention may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, T represents a main supply-tank of anycapacity whatever. Located at the bottom of the tank and at a suitabledistance from the front wall thereof is the dispensing vessel 1,preferably semicylindrical in cross-section and having in the presentinstance the capacity of one gallon, (thoughof course this capacity maybe variable.) Leading from the top of the vessel 1 is a vent-tube orair-tube 2, extending above the highest level of the liquid in thesupplyt-ank, the latter being filled through an opening covered by ascrew-cap 3. Located adjacent to the tube 2 is a tube 4 for thereception of a gage (not shown) inserted at any time to ascertain theheight of the liquid in the main tank. The upper end of the tube 4: isclosed by a screw=cap 5.

Leading from the vessel 1 and projecting through the front wall of thetank '1 is the faucet-casing 6, having an upper peripheral opening7andhaving permanent communication at a point diametrically below theopening7, through a port 7, with the'upper end of the discharge-spout 8, thedischarge end of the latter being considerably below the level of thebottom of the vessel 1. Operating in the casing 6 is the faucet 9,provided with a peripheral opening 10, the outwardly-projectingpolygonal end of the faucet carrying an operating-handle 11, held inplace by a retaining-screw l2, suitable washers 13 14 being interposedbetween the handle and the adjacent end of the casing 6 to effect atight joint. The inner end of the faucet, which projects a suitabledistance into the vessel 1,

is provided with an L-shaped intake 15,whose mouth assumes a verticalposition,Fig.9,when the vessel 1 is filling. When in such position, thehandle assumes thelower dotted position shown in Fig. 1. Under thecircumstances referred to, Fig. 9, the openings 7 and 10 are incommunication and opening 7 is closed, so that liquid from the tank T isfree to flow into the faucet through the intake 15 into the vessel 1 andfill the latter.

To discharge any portion of the contents of vessel 1, the handle 11 isswung in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 1, the free end of thehandle registeringin its sweep with a series of indices P, Q, 2Q, 3Q, G,which show the quantity of liquid adapted to be discharged when thehandle is swung opposite any particular index, the letters referred tosignifying pint, quart, two quarts, three quarts, and gallon,respectively, the last index corresponding to the full capacity of thedispensing vessel 1. As the handle sweeps about its axis the mouth ofthe intake 15 will, as is apparent, be submerged toprogressively-increasing depths below the level of the liquid in thevessel 1. When the handle is swung to a point intermediate its lowestposition and the index marked P, both openings 7 7 will be closed, sothat no liquid can either enter the vessel 1 nor can any escapetherefrom, Figs. 6, 7. As the handle is swung around and graduallyapproaches the first index P, the port 7' will begin to open and themouth of the intake 15 will be submerged to allow for all the liquidabove it to drain and siphon out through the spout 8. If the handle isswung to the twoquart index, the mouth of the intake Will bestillfarthersu bmerged, allowing all theliquid above such month to drainand siphon through the. spout 8, Fig. 3. Should the handle be swung tothe gallon-index G, Fig. 5, the entire contents of the vessel 1 will besiphoned out. Of course after any specific quantity of liquid has oncebeen drained from the vessel 1 the handle is swung back to fillingposition to allow the vessel 1 to always be full for any subsequentoperation. It is apparent from the foregoing that any amount of liquidfrom a fraction of a pint to the full capacity of the vessel 1 can beabstracted, depending upon the depth of submergence of the mouth of theintake 15 below the roof of the dispensing vessel. When the mouth of theintake 15 is above the axis of rotation of the faucet, of course theliquid simply drains or gravitates out through the faucet 8, (the onlysiphoning being that which'takes place for the vertical height of thebase of the mouth of such intake above the level of the liquid sinkingto the open end of the mouth.) When, however, the intake is initiallyswung to the position shown in Fig. 5, then the only action which takesplace is one of siphoning, the discharge end of the spout being belowthe bottom of the vessel 1 and the mouth of the intake being below theaxis of rotation of the faucet.

It is apparent that I may depart from the details herein shown withoutafiecting the nature or spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I- claim is- 1. In ameasuring-faucet, a suitable dispensing vessel, a supplytank therefor, afaucet-casing leading from the vessel to the adjacent wall of the tank,a spout leading from the casing, through the adjacent wall of thesupply-tank, an intake at the inner end of the faucet located within thevessel, and openings or ports formed in the walls of the faucet andcasing thereof for permitting the withdrawal of variable quantities, ofliquid from the vessel according to the degree of submergence assumed bythe intake upon the rotation of the faucet, substantially as set forth.

2. In a measuring-faucet, a suitable dispensing vessel, a supply tanktherefor, a fau cet-casing leading from the vessel through the adjacentwall of the tank, an opening formed in the upper peripheral wall of thecasing, a faucet operating in the casing, an intake at the inner end ofthe faucet located in the vessel, an opening formed in the faucet andadapted to register with the opening in the casing, a discharge-spoutleading from the casing ata point opposite the opening formed Thereinand discharging in a plane below the bottom of the vessel, the mouth ofthe intake being adapted to be depressed to variable positions above thebottom of the vessel whereby the quantity of liquid abstracted from thevessel is dependent on such position of the intake, the parts operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GOEBEL.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, RosA Ross.

